Plow.



N0. 630,8!6. Patented Aug. 8, I899.

F. MUEHR & J. B. FBERICH.

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(Application filed Sent. 8 1898.1

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFTCE.

FRANK MUEHR AND JOSEPH B. FRERIOI'I, OF ROSANKY, TEXAS.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,816, dated. August 8, 1899.

Application filed September 30,1898. Serial No. 692,327. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FRANK MUEHR and JOSEPH B. FRERICH, citizens of the United States, residing at Rosanky, in the county of Bastrop and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flows; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v

This invention has relation to plowsand it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter described.

The object of the invention is to provide a plow with a means whereby the depth of the furrow may be regulated, said plow also having an attachment adapted to mark the ground on either side of the next furrow.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of the plow. Fig. 2is a side elevation. Fig. 3is a side elevation in detail of the row-marker. Fig. 4=is a side elevation, partly in section, of the plow point and heel.

The plow consists of the beam 1, said beam having at its forward end a suitable clevis 2. The handles 3 are pivoted at their lower ends to an intermediate point on the beam 1. The said handles 3 are provided on their outer sides with the metallic perforated plates 4:. The handles 3 3 are held at the proper distance apart by means of the cross-brace 5, the cross-brace 5 being provided at or near its center with a hook 6. The upper ends of the perforated plates 4 4 are also provided with the hooks 7 7. The plow-stock 8 consists of a strip of metal bent upon itself at an intermediate point, the upper ends of the strip being pivotally bolted to the beam 1, the lower portion of the strip forming a loop adapted to receive the bolts 9 of the plowpoint 10. The heel 11 is pivoted at its for- Ward end between the opposite sides of the strip 8, said pivotal point being above the bolts 9 of the plow-point 10. The said heel 11 then extends to the rear a slight distance and descends and is provided with the horizontal section 12, said section having nearits rear end a perforated eye 13. The lower end The upper end of the said brace 14 provided with the cars 19.

is provided with a number of perforations, as shown in Fig. 2, and the said upper end is bolted to the beam 1. The brace 14 extends at an incline to a perpendicular. At the forward end of the plow the arms 15 are bolted to the beam. Said arms are provided at their upper ends with a number of bolt-perforations. The colter-wheel 16 is journaled between the lower ends of the said arms 15. The braces 17 are pivotally connected at their lower ends to the lower portions of the arms 15. The upper ends of the braces 17 are provided with anumber of bolt-perforations, and the said upper ends of the braces 17 are bolted to the beam 1. Between the upper end of the stock 8 and the lower ends of the handles 3 the bolt 18 passes perpendicularly through the beam 1. Said bolt 18 is adapted to revolve in the beam 1, the upper end of the bolt being The inner end of the arm 20 is pivot-ally connected to the ears 19 of the bolt 18. Said arm 20 is provided near its outer end with a number of perforations 21. The metallic crosspiece 22 is secured by means of suitable bolts passing through the middle thereof and through the perforations 21 in the arm 20. The cross-piece 22 is bowed forward at its middle section and at each end is provided with a small plow-point 23. A small heel 24 is pivot-ally connected at its forward end to the extreme outer ends of the cross piece 22 just behind the plow-points 23. Just above the plow-points 23 the cross-piece 22 is provided with the perforations 25, and the brace 26 is pivotally connected at its lower end to the outer portion of the heel24, and at its upper end the said brace is secured by means of a bolt passing through one of the perforations 25 of the cross-piece. The connection-clutch 27 is pivotally attached at its forward end to a hook on the beam 1, and at its rear end it is provided with a hook 28, engaging a book 29 on the arm 20, thus forming a detachable guy for the arm 20. Arod 30 is provided at its rear end with a handle 31, (see dotted line, Fig. 1,) the said handle 31 being adapted to engage either of the hooks 7 7 or the hook 6. The forward end of the rod 30 is provideda number of links 32, any one of the said links being adapted to engage the hook 33, which is secured to the rear face of the arm 20. The braces are pivotally secured at their lower ends to the rear end of the beam 1, said braces being provided at their upper ends with a number of bolt perforations, the upper ends of the braces 34 being secured by means of bolts passing through the perforations thereof and through perforations of the plates 4 of the handles 3. Ihus the said handles 3 may be inclined at any desired angle.

From the foregoing it will be seen that all of the parts of the plow may be easily and readily adj usted-that is, the mechanism carrying the colter-wheel 16 may be so adjusted as to bring the said colter-wheel16 in any desired perpendicular position. By manipulating the brace 14 the rear end of the heel 11 may be elevated or depressed, and thus the depth of the furrow made by the plow-point may be regulated. As the plow is passing over the ground and the point 10 is cutting the regular furrow the arm 20 may be swung to one side or the other of the plow, (the swiveled bolt 18 permitting this to be accomplished,) and by adjusting the heel 24: the

plow-point 23 may be made to make a deep or shallow mark for the next furrow. If during the operation of plowing a stump should be encountered, the operator by grasping the handle 31 of the rod 30 may swing the arm 20 up, and thus cause the plow-point 23 topass over the said stump. When the arm 20 extends to the right of the beam 1, as indicated in Fig. l, the handle 31 of the rod 30 will rest in the hook '7 on the right of the handle. When the arm 20 is swung to the left of the beam, the handle 31 of the rod 30 rests in the hook 7 on the left handle. \Vhen it is desired to maintain the arm 20 in an elevated position and neither of the plow-points 23 in engagement with the ground, the handle 31 of the said rod 30 is engaged with the hook 6 on the cross-brace 5, and thus the said arm 20 will be held in an elevated position.

Should at any time it be deemed advisable or desirable to do away with the marking mechanism, this can be readily accomplished by removing the bolt 18 from the beam 1 and disconnecting the forward end of the connection 27 from the beam, and the plow thus relieved of the marking attachment may be used for cutting the furrows in a manner similar to the ordinary plow.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. A plow consisting of a beam, down- Wardly-extendin g arms adj ustably secured to the forward end of the beam, a colter-wheel journaled between said arms, braces pivotally connected at their lower ends to the lower portions of said downwardly-extending arms, said braces being adj ustably secured at their upper ends to the beam, the plow-stock depending from the beam, a plow-point attached to said stock, a heel pivotally connected at suitable point adapted to open a furrow,-a

bolt passing perpendicularly through the beam of the plow and being rotatable therein, an arm pivotally connected at-its inner end to the upper end of said bolt, a crosspiece adjustably secured to an outer end of said arm, said cross-piece extending on either side of the arm, plow-points secured at the outer ends of said cross-piece, heels pivotally secured at their inner ends behind the plowpoints, braces pivotally connected at their ends to said heels and adjustably connected at their opposite ends to the said cross-piece, a guy pivotally connected at its forward end to the plow-beam and at its rear end to the arm, a rod having a handle, said handle adapted to engage hooks located on the handles of the plow, links connecting the forward end of said rod with the said arm.

3. In a plow, a vertical bolt pivotally connected to the beam thereof, elongated parallel ears formed on the upper end of said bolt, an arm pivoted between the said ears so as to be swung. into a horizontal position on either side of the beam, a cross-piece secured at about its middle point to the arm, a plowpoint on either end of the cross-piece, aguyrod connecting the arm to the forward end of the beam, and a rod connecting the arm with the handles of the plow, substantially as described.

I 4. In combination with a plow, a'horizontally-swinging guide mounted on the beam thereof, a vertically-swinging arm secured to said guide, and markers on either side of the arm, substantially as described.

5. In combination with a plow, a vertical bolt loosely mounted in the beam thereof, elongated parallel ears formed on the upper end of said bolt, an arm pivoted between the ears so as to be swung intoa horizontal position on either side of the beam, a cross-piece secured near its middle point to the arm, an adjustable plow-point carried on either end of the cross-piece, a guy-rod detachably connecting the arm to the forward end of the beam, a chain removably attached to the arm and a rod connected to the chain at one end and having a handle at the other end adapted to be attached to the handles of the plow, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK MUEHR.

. JOSEPH B. FRERICH.

lVitnesses:

A. A. GROHMANN, HENRY KONUER. 

